Buckle



W 1951 B. BJCSRKSTRCSM 2347 55? BUCKLE Filed March 5, 1946 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 IN VEN TOR.

hum fiicwj Aprifi 3, 1951 B. BJORKSTRCM 29547955? BUCKLE Filed March 5, 1946 Q 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 IN V EN TOR.

Patented Apr. 3, 1951 OFFICE BUCKLE Bo Bjiirkstriim, Varberg, Sweden Application March 5, 1946, Serial No. 651,998 In Sweden August 23, 1945 Claims.

The present invention relates to buckles to be used for Waist-belts, for holding the cover of bags and portfolios in closed position, as holder for pens, watches and other articles at pockets,

as clips by cyclists, as shoe-buckles and so on.

One object of the invention is the provision of a buckle the ciasping and u'nclasping of which may be efiected rapidly and with simple manipulations. A further object of the invention is the provision of a buckle with simple construction and which will be very cheap in manufacture. These and other objects of the invention will be made clear by the following description with ref erence to the accompanying drawings illustrating some embodiments of the invention.

In the drawings, ig. 1 is a plan View of a blank for a buckle. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the buckle when finished. Fig. 3 is a section on the line III-Ill of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a side elevation of the same buckle in use for a strap and Fig. 5 is a plan View of the same arrangement. Fig. 6 is a plan view of the buckle according to a second embodiment and Fig. '7 is a section of the same buckle on the line VII-VII of Fig. 6 in connection with a belt. Fig. 8 is a plan view of a portion of a closure strap of a portfolio with a securing device for a buckle. 9 is a side eleration of the same strap with the securing device and Fig. 10 is a View of the same strap with the securing device from the rear side. Fig. 11 is a plan view of the buckle with the strap connected therewith and the same securing device in operative position. Fig. 12 is a section on a larger scale on the line XlP-Xll of Fig. 11. Figs.

13. 14 and 15 are rear, side and front elevations V respectively of a buckle according to a third embodiment. Fig. 16 is a side elevation of this buckle used as holder of a pen indicated by dotand-dash lines. Fig. 17 shows by dot-and-dash lines a elevation of a pen with connecting means for the buckle of a design other than that shown in 16. Figs. l8, l9 and 20 are end elevation, plan view and side elevation, respectively, of a further embodiment of the buckle.

In the embodiment of Figs. 1-5, 1 indicates a plate or disc of substantially rectangular or oval shape. This plate is provided with a tongue 2 extending substantially in the longitudinal direction of the plate, the extreme end portion 3 of the tongue being bent out of the plane of the plate. Behind the tongue holes 5 are provided and behind these holes a shorter tongue 5 is formed at one of the short sides of the plate.

The tongues 2, S extend from the plate in 0pposite directions from the plane of the plate I, but

their extreme end portions are bent to the same side inrelation to this plane. The longitudinal edge portions "5 are bent about the lines 3 sub stantially at right angles to this; plane. The tongue 2 projecting from an intermediate or substantially central portion of the plate is considerably longer than the other tongue 8 and in consequence the tongue 2 has a substantially greater resilience.

By means of rivets or the like, which are inserted through the holes 5, the buckle described is attached, for example, to the end portion of a leather belt or strap 9, which is attac red to the rear side of the buckle, e. the side opposite the edge portions 1 and the extreme ends of the tongues 2, 6. When the belt 2 has been brought to embrace the object, about which it is to be clasped, the outer end of the tongue 2 is inserted through a hole ill in the btlt, which extends between the edges 3 of the buckle, whereupon the belt is stretched so that after some resilient bending of the tongue 2 the tongue 5 can engage with an adjacent hole lit in the belt The portion of the belt between the holes engaging with the tongues is maintained in stretched condition by the resilient action particularly of the tongue 2, so that the belt can be disengaged only by pulling the belt in angular direction from the plane 5 of the plate I, whereby the one or the other or both of the ton ues 2, 5 due to their resilient 5 capacity will be bent out from the plane of the plate and disengaged from the'holes ill. Both the clasping and unclasping of the buckle are effected by suitable'movements of and pull in the belt, and consequently both of these opentions can be eliected rapidly and easily. It may be advantageous to provide the holr's [6 of the belt with metal eyelets.

The embodiment shown by Figs. 6 and '7 is substantially of the construction as that described above. but, distin uished from latter, it is provided with a stretching member for the belt. This stretching member is formed by an extension 28 of the plate in front of the tongue 2, said extension being separated from the main portion of the plate 5 by a transverse slot or opening H extending between the bent side edges 1 oi the plate. The portion of the belt to be connected with the tongues 2,. i5 is inserted through the slot ll from the rear of the buckle, and thereafter a stretching of the belt is effected by a pull in the portion 9 of the belt. Thereafter the belt is connected with the tongues 2, 6 in the manner described above and as indicated by dot-anddash lines 9".

The stretching member is used when a tight stretching of the belt is required and the rear side of the buckle does not receive sufficient support by the object round which the belt is fastened. Without the stretching member one incurs the risk, when the buckle is made relatively weak material, that the buckle will be folded inwards so that the resilient tongue 2 is disengaged from the belt.

In the embodiment of Figs. 8-12 the buckle comprises a flat sleeve or socket 52 which em braces and is slidable along the strap. The rear side of this sleeve is provided with a recess !3, it having a round portion l3 connected with a portion l l widening towards and open at the upper edge of the sleeve. When the strap 2 is clasped to the buckle and the tongues project into the holes W of the strap, the sleeve l2 may be moved, for example, from the position shown by dot-and-dash lines $5 in Fig. 11 to the position shown by full lines in the same figure. In this movement the extreme end of the tongue 2 is guided through the tapering portion M of the recess [3, l4 into the round portion E3 of the same recess and, due to its resilient character, it projects into and engages with the latter. The point of the tongue in this position is covered by the sleeve and cannot be contacted. The strap is released from the buckle simply by a pull downwards in the strap so that the tongue 6 is released, whereupon the sleeve l2 can slide down to its first position.

In the embodiment of Figs. 13-16 the plate it has no bent edge portions and has an extension 31 which together with the plate 16 forms a spring clip. The extreme end Bl of the plate It is bent and forms a resilient tongue, and the other shank l! of the clip is of less length than the shank l5 and has the extreme end portion l8 bent toward the shank iii. The resilient tongue 29 is formed by a member which is riveted Fl or attached in any other suitable way to the inside of the shank i5 and proiects at its free end through a hole H1 in the shank 16. The outer edge of the tongue 29 and the outer edge of the tongue Bl are concave as shown at 28 and 2%, respectively, but in certain cases it may be suitable that one or both of these edges be made conv x. As shown by Fig. 16, this buckle is designed to be used as holder for a pen 22, in which case the clip l6, l'l embraces the edge portion of the pocket of a coat or waistcoat. The bent end nortion is of the slip shank I i may be provided with one or more teeth and the shank I I may also be provided with transverse grooves as shown in order to secure the device to the edge of t e pocket. In order to connect a pen or penci with this holder t e pen or pencil is prov d with two annular collars at a s ita e d stance from each other. and the ton ues 29 an 6! m y be forc d beneath t ese collars, so t at the pen t ereby is connected to the ho der. As shown by Fig. 1'7 t e pen 288. in lieu f th c l rs. may be r v d d with a u ar gr rves a a ed to n a e with th r si nt ton ues 29. 6| so that the pen is secured to the ill holder. When the pen is to be moved from the holder it is only necessary to force the pen downwards so that it is disengaged from the tongue 6i and to swing the pen a slight angle from the holder whereupon the pen can be taken out of the pocket.

With advantage a buckle of this kind may also be used for the connection of a watch, a locket or the like to a pocket.

In the buckle of Figs. 18-20, the plate 3| with the short tongue 6 and the bent edges H is formed of sheet metal, as is the case with the embodiments described above, but the resilient tongue 2l' is formed by a steel or other metal wire. This has the form of a fork having the end portions of its shanks inserted into and attached to the bent edge portions 'H which extend only along a portion of the longitudinal edges of the plate. The outer or bottom portion of the fork 21 is considerably narrower than the width of the plate 3| and is bent out from the plate. As may be easily understood the mannor of operation of this embodiment of the in.- vention is substantially the same as that one described with reference to Figures l and 5.

The invention is not restricted to the embodiments above described with reference to the drawings but the details thereof may be varied within the scope of the appended claims.

What I claim is:

1. A buckle comprising in combination a substantially rigid plate having an outer and an inner substantially flat face and provided with a U-shaped cut-out forming a U-shaped plate portion; said U-shaped plate portion being bent out of the plane of said p ate in inward direction so as to form a relatively long resilient tongue pointing in a predetermined direction; securing means on said outer flat face of said plate for securing the same to a support with said outer face superimposed upon said support: another tongue on said plate arranged spaced from said relatively long resilient tongue and being substantially shorter than the same, said other tongue projecting inwardly beyond said inner face of said plate and pointing in the opposite direction from the direction into which said relatively long resilient tongue points.

2. A buckle comprising in c mbination a buckle member com osed of a substantiall ri id nlate having an outer and an inner substantially flat face and t o flanges along o osite edges of said rigid late proiectinc inwardlv beyond said inner flat face of said buckle member; securing n eans on said outer flat face of said late for securin the same to a su ort with said outer face superim o ed u on said su ort: a first substantiall rigid tongue on said plate proiecting inwardly from t e inner face of said plate; and a second. substantially resilient tongue on said plate proiecting also inwardly from said inner face thereof and being substantially longer than said first substantially rigid. tongue, said two tongues being arranged spaced from each other and pointin outwardly in opposite directions from each ot er.

3. A. buc le com rising in combin tion a buckle me ber com osed of a substantially rigid plate havin an outer and an inner substantially flat face and t o flan es along o posite edges of said rigid plate pro ectinc: inwardlv beyond said inner flat face of said buckle member, said substantiallv rigid late being rovided ith a U-sha ed cut-out forming a U-sha ed plate ortion; said U-shaped plate portion being bent out of the plane of said plate in inward direction so as to form a relatively long resilient tongue pointing in a predetermined direction; securing means on said outer flat face of said plate for securing the same to a support with said outer face superimposed upon said support; another tongue on said plate along one of the free edges of the same arranged spaced from said relatively long resilient tongue and being substantially shorter than the same, said other tongue projecting inwardly beyond said inner face of said plate and pointing in the opposite direction from the direction into which said relatively long resilient tongue points.

4.Connecting arrangements for connecting two parts to each other comprising in combination a band-shaped member on one of said parts provided with at least two holes arranged at a predetermined distance from each other; a buckle member composed of a plate having two opposite parallel edges arranged at a distance from each other which is slightly greater than the width of said band-shaped member and having an outer and an inner substantially fiat face, and two flanges along said opposite parallel edges of said plate projecting parallel to each other beyond said inner fiat face of said buckle member; securing means on said outer fiat face of said plate forming part of said buckle member for securing said buckle member to the other of said parts with said outer face of said plate superimposed upon said other part; a first substantially rigid tongue on said plate projecting inwardly from the inner face of the same and extending in a direction substantially parallel to said opposite parallel edges of said plate; and a second substantially resilient tongue on said plate projecting also inwardly from said inner face thereof, being substantially larger than said first tongue and pointing in opposite direction from the direction into which said first tongue projects but also substantially parallel to said opposite edges of said plate, said two tongues being arranged spaced from each other at such a distance that the distance between their points is slightly smaller than the distance between said holes in said band-shaped member.

5. Connecting arrangements for connecting two parts to each other comprising in combination a band-shaped member on one of said parts provided with at least two holes arranged equidistant from the longitudinal edges of said bandshaped member and at a predetermined distance from each other; a buckle member composed of a substantially rigid longitudinal plate having two opposite edges arranged at a distance from each other which is slightly greater than the width of said band-shaped member and having an outer and an inner substantially flat face, and two flanges along said opposite parallel edges of said longitudinal plate projecting parallel to each other beyond said inner fiat face of said buckle member; securing means on said outer fiat face of said longitudinal plate forming part of said buckle member for securing said buckle member to the other of said parts of said outer face of said longitudinal plate superimposed upon said other part; a first relatively short tongue on said longitudinal plate arranged equidistant from said opposite edges thereof projecting inwardly from said inner face of the same and extending in longitudinal direction of said longitudinal plate; and a second relatively long tongue on said longitudinal plate projecting also inwardly from said inner face thereof extending also in longitudinal direction of said longitudinal plate, but pointing in opposite direction from the direction into which said first tongue project's, said two tongues being arranged spaced from each other at such a distance that the distance between their points is slightly smaller than the distance between said holes in said band-shaped member.

BO BJGRKSTRM.

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